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I need help making cash fast
- Thread starter RadiaDaku
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Well, maybe I'm not going to look for bounties in my 'conda. I might get into exploration or trading. Got any good tips for that?The Anaconda is a good ship, but like some of the others, you have to know it's limitations. I use mine in Hazres quite a lot, but it's slow and a very expensive build..Believe me, it hurts forking out 24 mil for a rebuy when you get bounced by a ghost wing of 5 FGS/FAS combo. Even when you have a few bob in the bank
I tend to use the FDL for CZ's especially... it does what it sez on the tin.
Once you go through the motions, make a bit of cash... then buy a Vulture for the Res and CZ's...then buy a Python and do some bulletin boards and trading. It all works towards that Anaconda in the end.
The Corvette and Cutter are always there if you do the rank thing. I sold both of them after making some serious money in the Cutter, I went back to the Anaconda since I really don't need the cash from trading. I had the FDL for the res sites so the Corvette was a bit useless too.
I started a new account under my wife's GT... just to see how hard it was to start again. To be honest, it gave me a false perspective since I already knew all the tips and tricks to earn money quickly, rank up quickly, evade interdictions, fight effectively using FA off, when and how to run away effectively when needed...
I also knew what ships to do what in and what commodities to trade to make money.
It was fun all the same and the BB missions for tens of thousands that I would normally ignore at my current rank all of a sudden seemed a lot of money. Unfortunately, I can't go back to not knowing all that stuff... like when when the game was fresh, everyone was the same rank and we were all crashing into stations and getting blown up every 5 minutes...
Exploration is...relaxing, but you won't earn a ton of money doing it. I enjoy it, but limit my trips to a few days rather than months. I'm waiting for Horizons to drop before I go out again. Although you can get by with a basic discovery scanner, the advanced DS really is a must for exploring... plus a fuel scoop, a decent FSD... so it's not the easiest way to jump in and make cash.
Trading is the easier way to earn cash quickly, get yourself over to a system in Zermina Torval space... like LFT 37, buy a few tons of slaves and earn up to 3k per tonne profit by going one jump to either LTT 9795 or Nabatean. You'll need around 13k for 1 tonne of Imperial slaves... and something with a bit of cargo space to take them in. As you can imagine, the profits mount up fairly quickly. You can also hit the Hires sites one jump away in Andhrimi if you get bored trading.
Trading isn't exciting, mostly it's one jump dumping of stuff and buying more... Starting off, the BB is still the way to get the cash to do other stuff, plus doing the odd trade run along with it. Bounty hunting is also how most folks get started. It's quick money and you can move on if it doesn't suit.
Trading is the easier way to earn cash quickly, get yourself over to a system in Zermina Torval space... like LFT 37, buy a few tons of slaves and earn up to 3k per tonne profit by going one jump to either LTT 9795 or Nabatean. You'll need around 13k for 1 tonne of Imperial slaves... and something with a bit of cargo space to take them in. As you can imagine, the profits mount up fairly quickly. You can also hit the Hires sites one jump away in Andhrimi if you get bored trading.
Trading isn't exciting, mostly it's one jump dumping of stuff and buying more... Starting off, the BB is still the way to get the cash to do other stuff, plus doing the odd trade run along with it. Bounty hunting is also how most folks get started. It's quick money and you can move on if it doesn't suit.
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Thanks man, also, just want to point out. There's a star system named ISIS near LFT 37
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Three words are only needed for this: Robigo ASP Explorer
I dunno man, I saw some shady af ships out there, just sayin, watch your backLol, yup...but I didn't notice anyone burying IED's last time I was out there
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robigo?
+1 Rep for doing it the hard way. Getting back on the horse is always the worst part
I would suggest a different class of ship than the Asp purely for combat though...really not it's forte although it's a decent ship in other roles. A Cobra or Viper would suit better, plus the rebuy won't cripple you as much early on..
I'd go with the Viper over the Cobra for combat. To me, the Cobra and Asp are very similar and neither are suited particularly well for combat.
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I dunno man, I saw some shady af ships out there, just sayin, watch your back
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robigo?
Robigo is a system outside the bubble which often has high value smuggling missions. Most of involve carrying stuff around 400LY and will fail if you get scanned.
The Anaconda is a good ship, but like some of the others, you have to know it's limitations. I use mine in Hazres quite a lot, but it's slow and a very expensive build..Believe me, it hurts forking out 24 mil for a rebuy when you get bounced by a ghost wing of 5 FGS/FAS combo. Even when you have a few bob in the bank
I tend to use the FDL for CZ's especially... it does what it sez on the tin.
Once you go through the motions, make a bit of cash... then buy a Vulture for the Res and CZ's...then buy a Python and do some bulletin boards and trading. It all works towards that Anaconda in the end.
The Corvette and Cutter are always there if you do the rank thing. I sold both of them after making some serious money in the Cutter, I went back to the Anaconda since I really don't need the cash from trading. I had the FDL for the res sites so the Corvette was a bit useless too.
I started a new account under my wife's GT... just to see how hard it was to start again. To be honest, it gave me a false perspective since I already knew all the tips and tricks to earn money quickly, rank up quickly, evade interdictions, fight effectively using FA off, when and how to run away effectively when needed...
I also knew what ships to do what in and what commodities to trade to make money.
It was fun all the same and the BB missions for tens of thousands that I would normally ignore at my current rank all of a sudden seemed a lot of money. Unfortunately, I can't go back to not knowing all that stuff... like when when the game was fresh, everyone was the same rank and we were all crashing into stations and getting blown up every 5 minutes...
I dunno man, I saw some shady af ships out there, just sayin, watch your back
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robigo?
Seen a few people mention robigo? What gives?
High payout smuggling missions. You'll have to travel ~400ly (back and forth, so twice that) and deal with multiple interdictions per jump. Oh and a decent emprire/trader rank is required to have access to the missions. But payout's great for the time invested (granted you don't get scanned).